bust Posted December 11, 2024 Report Share Posted December 11, 2024 On 11/22/2024 at 11:54 PM, think_too_mut said: QANTAS VH-OJA, Boeing 747. Retired, 2017 at the Wollongong airport museum. Open for visitors. IMG_1390.HEICUnavailable IMG_1396.HEICUnavailable It's actually at Albion Park south of Wollongong. Also has a great dog track 🐶 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
think_too_mut Posted December 11, 2024 Report Share Posted December 11, 2024 4 hours ago, bust said: It's actually at Albion Park south of Wollongong. Also has a great dog track 🐶 True, that is where the decomissioned machine is. Short runway, 80km from Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, only 25 tons of fuel used to fly and park her there. VH-OJA B747, took me from Sydney to Los Angeles 2 or 3 times. Even have a model at my desk, exactly VH-OJA. The thrid picture, even the custos of the museum did not know what that unusual fitting is for. Myself, a former airplane mechanic and a fan of civil aviation, explained to him, it is to fit a 5th engine to deliver to a place where no spare engines are available (like Fiji). People like me before University, were and are doing that. If the readers of this post can undersand that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titanic Posted December 19, 2024 Report Share Posted December 19, 2024 Qatar Q business class last year LON-BKK. Broken seat, one toilet out of order, first time ever no special meal supplied, even though booked months before. Also, they cancelled paid for reserved seat, no refund even though they said they would. Waiting on boarding bridge in the heat for 35 minutes along side all the kiddies at the front and nearly dead Arabs in wheelchairs, never again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bust Posted January 7 Report Share Posted January 7 The Top 10 Safest Airlines For 2024 Air New Zealand Qantas Virgin Australia Etihad Airways Qatar Airways Emirates All Nippon Airways Finnair Cathay Pacific Airways Alaska Airlines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perv Posted January 7 Report Share Posted January 7 This list appears to be taken from a story of the top 25 airlines in the world from Forbes. Link #20 is Japan Airlines, which was involved in an accident in very early 2024 in Haneda in which 5 people lost their lives and 18 injured. The story I linked even references that accident. Hard to believe a list that includes a disaster that killed five people and think that they would be safer than others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted January 7 Author Report Share Posted January 7 As a very infrequent consumer of airline services, I'm about to embark on the following giant tin budgies: China Airlines, Scoot, Lao Airlines, Qantas. Should any aspect of these, be worthy of comment, I'll report. Otherwise, it's just seats that are slightly too small and other travellers who, though adult, are begging to be admonished for poor behaviour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bust Posted January 7 Report Share Posted January 7 5 hours ago, Perv said: This list appears to be taken from a story of the top 25 airlines in the world from Forbes. Link Correct.....however edited for OH. He's big on equality 🌈 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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